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It’s possible that this will mean that the next macOS version will be unsuitable on privacy grounds, as I will then have to use a second physical device to prevent such network access. :(
Everyone seems to assume this is true, but are people also confirming this? I installed LittleSnitch recently on Big Sur and I’m constantly getting pop up’s for all of Apple’s internal daemons etc. While I haven’t tried the App Store specifically, I’m wondering if the person didn’t understand how things were configured and was allowing certain traffic thru. I can’t imagine there’s really some big conspiracy here.
As to your specific case, the tweet does mention “many of” Apple’s apps are affected (i.e. not all, not even necessarily the majority).
I trust Apple a lot more than I trust Google or Facebook, but this clamping down of the Mac without options for power users while officially stating that the Mac will remain a Mac is alarming and distasteful on the part of Apple. With the transition to Apple’s own chips looming, it seems like the days of “a Mac is a personal computer and not an app console like an iPhone or iPad” will be over by the middle of this de…
Trust Apple, fine. But don’t trust the CIA, which gets access to the whole of Apple’s data, taken by threat of force under spying programs.
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I don't believe this is ever the case. What happens if you legitimately installed a new keyboard? Will Apple just... prevent you from using it?
I have a 2017 MBP. There are several keycaps that that are no longer physically connected to the key, so if I tilt the laptop 4 or 5 keys fall off. I have been dealing with it by using an external Apple keyboard (with added benefit of having 10-key and full sized arrow keys). Since it's on a desktop in this config, I have it set to never sleep so luckily I have not seen this unwakeable fuck up.
I had the same thing happening to me but Apple changed the complete keyboard under their extended keyboard warranty programm (even though it was out of Apple Care already).
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I have a 2017 MBP. There are several keycaps that that are no longer physically connected to the key, so if I tilt the laptop 4 or 5 keys fall off. I have been dealing with it by using an external Apple keyboard (with added benefit of having 10-key and full sized arrow keys). Since it's on a desktop in this config, I have it set to never sleep so luckily I have not seen this unwakeable fuck up.
Apple has a three year warranty which means yours may have run out or is about to run out. If you still have time, get your keyboard replaced for free: https://support.apple.com/keyboard-service-program-for-mac-n... (it also means they have to replace your mobo and battery due to brilliant Apple engineering). It doesn't fix the problem, but it resets the clock until they fall off again. In Texas, it was <48 hours bet…
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>Yes, I use pcmanfm on Linux and the spacebar will open the file in the default program. That's not what QuickLook does. It allows the user to get a "quick look" at a file without launching a default application. Also, in macOS you get access to QuickLook from inside any application's Open dialog. That's a huge time saver when you have similar files and just need to see which one before doing a full open. Think large…
Dumb question: How does this differ from setting the view in the file selector to thumbnails?
Trying to attach a file to an email, but not sure it's the right one? QuickLook allows you to view the document in the Open dialog. Once you use it, it is something you will just accept as natural and only notice it not being available on other OSes.
Everyone seems to assume this is true, but are people also confirming this? I installed LittleSnitch recently on Big Sur and I’m constantly getting pop up’s for all of Apple’s internal daemons etc. While I haven’t tried the App Store specifically, I’m wondering if the person didn’t understand how things were configured and was allowing certain traffic thru. I can’t imagine there’s really some big conspiracy here.
I wonder if it would make sense for Little Snitch to continue supporting their kext-based solution in parallel to the new one, possibly only for users who are willing to disable SIP. You might argue that disabling SIP for a security product defeats the point, but I'm not sure if that's necessarily true. SIP effectively delegates trust away from the user and towards Apple, which is fine as a default—but the calculus m…
Eventually I don't think little snitch will even have apis to access stuff like that in the kernel as a kext as macos updates continue on.
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Apple touted the T2 chip as the bee's knees in security. Now, we have a vulnerability that cannot be defended against. However, Apple went all in on the security of this T2 chip so that you cannot replace the SSD (besides the method to manufacture). I appreciate the desire at making a device difficult for a bad actor to get to your data, but they epicly failed and ultimately only made an user-hostile device. Oh, and…
T2 is a nightmare for people who want to reinstall. I reinstalled a machine for someone and it was a mess of 2fa and other nonsense.
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Adobe doesn't care to support Linux. It's as simple as that.
That's an obvious drive by answer, but I'm asking a forum of developers for an explanation/guess on what it is about Linux that would make Adobe not care about it.